Strategic Plan Task Forces

TASK FORCE I

Learning and teaching at Stony Brook
(co-conveners: Mark Aronoff, David Ferguson, Helen Lemay, Olufemi Vaughan)
[This covers both undergraduate and graduate education, the connections between them, and the role of interdisciplinary programs.]

Assessment
Comparisons to aspirational peers
Comparison to Boyer and best practices from, say, Reinvention Center database
Priorities including benchmarks and required actions
Connection to scholarship and creative activity

TASK FORCE II

Scholarship and creative activity (including public service)
(co-conveners: Roman Delacampa, Cindy Lee, William Lennarz, Judy Lochhead, Joseph Mitchell, Iwao Ojima, Kelly Oliver, George Sterman)

Assessment of strengths
Reputation building
Opportunities including

o Leveraging existing strengths
o Interdisciplinary
o Links both inter-campus and external campus
o Special features (NYC, BNL, regional and state)

Resource allocation and management

TASK FORCE III

Aligning aspirations with resources, operations, size, and structures.
(co-conveners: Marvin Geller, Lawrence Martin, Dan O'Leary, Andrea Tyree, Ben Walcott)

Expanding and cutting the pie to achieve our aspirations:

o Allocation approaches
o Developing other than state financial plan support sources including philanthropies, corporations, and government initiatives

Size
New schools, colleges, or units (college environmental science, school of fine arts, pharmacy, business)
Branch activities

Task force co-conveners will consider Vice President for Research Gail Habicht, Interim Dean Robert Liebermann, and Dean Yacov Shamash ex-officio members of task forces as needed.